Vise.



110.734,53; I y PATENTBD JULY 2a, 1,903. l

G. FRANTZ. a

VISE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNBz, 1902. No MODEL.. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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UNITED STATES Patnted Jiiiy 28. 19de;

PATFNFV OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN FRANTZ, oFNiseARA FALLS, Nw YoRKl; Y

v SPEClFICA'IION formngpart of Letters Patent No. 734,534, dated July 28, 1903.

. Application niet June z, 1902.

To ctZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN FRANTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and Stato of New York, have invented certain new 'and useful Improvements in Vises, of which the following is a specification.

This' invention relates to an improved vise.

One of the features of the invention has reference to the adjustment of the vise at its support to any angle,so. that the work may be turned to any desired position.

Another feature has referenceto the arrangement ofthe jaws with respect to each other, so that the gripping-surfaces may be parallel or at an angle, so that the jaws will grip objects having either parallel or slanting sides.

Another feature has reference to the rotatable construction of the jaws, whereby they may be turned or rotated within the body to any desired position.

The main object of the invention is to provide universal adjustment, the vise-body having pivotal adjustment on its support and the jaws rotatable adjustment in the body.

The invention also relates to certain details of construction, all of which will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in i'fvhi'ch-` Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a central section on line ct a., Fig. 6. Fig. 3 is an end view of the disk. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the movable jaw. Fig. 5 is an end View ofthe sliding bar. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the vise. Fig. 7 is a section through the body on line b b, Fig. l. Fig. S is an enlarged end view of the cylinder. Fig. 9 is an enlarged section through the body on line cc, Fig. l. Fig. 10 is an enlarged section through thedisk and fragment of the table, showing the method of supporting the vise. Fig. v11 is an enlarged elevation of the adjusting-screw. Fig. 12 is an enlarged elevation of the locking-pin.

lIn referring to the drawings in detail lik numerals designate like parts.

The vise has a body 1, provided with a circular depression 2 at one side and a support `3, which is adapted to be clamped or bolted in a horizontal position to a table, bench, or

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other'suitable article, and it also has a circular vertical disk 4, which is adapted to t in the depression 2, being detachably secured therein by screws or bolts 5. The vise-body is adapted to be turned or rotated comp; letely around on saiddisk to any desired position and is locked in its adjusted positicpl by a pin o', slidablymounted in a lug 7 on the vise-body, which engagesin any one of a circular `series of openings 8 in the disk. The pin is retained in locking position by a spring 9 and is retracted from that position by the operator grasping the enlarged head of the pin. j

The bodyl is provided with au opening to receive the jaws, and the inperor xed jaw 10 has a cylinder 11, which is rotatably fitted in said opening. The cylinder has a substantially square opening, and the outer or movable jaw 12 has a bar 13 of similar square cross-section, which is adapted to slide in said opening. The support 3 can be secured by a bolt 14 and a screw or screws 14EL to the table, as shown in Fig. 10, or may be fastened thereto in any other well-known way.

The square b'ar 13 is provided with a central longitudinal opening for the passage of the feed-screw 15 for the lnovablejaw7 and a slot 16 extends from the opening through the side of the bar 13.

A nut 17, tted on the feed-screw 15, has a lateral extension which extends through the slot and is fastened in a depression 18 in the inner surface of the cylinder by a screw19.y

The jaws can be turned or rotatedin the vise-body to turn the work to any angle de-l sired and are locked in., their adjusted posi tion by a dog 20, which is pivoted between two lugs 2l, extending from the vise-body, and has an enlarged portion 22 at one extreme which engages in any one of aseries of depressions 23 in the jaw. VThe dog `isalso provided with a thumb-piece-24 and is retained l in locking position by-a spring'25.

One of the jaws, preferably theouter or movable jaw, is arranged so that its grippingjaw can be rocked or turned to bring it at an angle to the opposite gripping-jaw, and thus provide for gripping articles having sides which' do not extend in parallelism. The preferable construction of this portion of the inventionl is as follows: A depression 26 is ICO formed in one of the side Walls 27 of the jaw, in which one end 28 of the plate 29, mounted at the end of the square bar 13, engages. An adjusting-screw 30 is rotatably mounted in the opposite extreme of the plate and has a screw part 31, which screws into an opening in thejaw 12, and thereby rocks the said jaw, the end 28, engaging in the depression 26, serving as a hinge. A turning-handle 32 is mounted on the outer end of the feed-screw.

The body of the vise may be slotted, il' desired, as shown at 33, and a clamping-bolt 34E fitted through the portions adjacent to the slot. This slot extends inward from one edge of the vise-body toa point within the circular depression 2, and it will therefore be obvious that as the nut ou the bolt 34 is tightened the cylinder ll and the disk 4 will be tightly clamped.

To che-apen the construction, the clampingbolt might be employed by itself, if desired, to look the body to the support against rotation and the fixed jaw to the body against rotation; but it is preferably better to ennploy both the clamping-bolt and the springdog and spring-pin to secure the parts in their adjusted position.

The main advantages reside in the adjustment of the body on the support to turn the vise to any position or angle desired, the adjustment of the jaws in the body to any angle desired, and the rocking adjustment of one jaw, so that the gripping-surfaces can be turned at angles to each other.

I claim as my inventionl. In a vise, a jaw having a side wall provided with a depression, a plate having one end engaging in the depression, and a screw passing through the opposite end of the plate and adapted to screw into the jaw-surface to rock the jaw, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the vise -body formed on one of its sides with a recess, a support mounted in the said recess so as to rotatably support the said vise-body, and the jaws rotatably mounted in the vise-body, of means for independently locking the said vise body and jaws against rotation, and means for simultaneously locking the saine.

3. The combination With the vise-body, of means for rotatably mounting the said visebody, a jaw having a cylinder rotatably mounted in the said vise-body, a second jaw provided With a bar slidably mounted in the cylinder of the first-named jaw, means for independently locking the said first-named jaw and vise body against rotation, and means independent of the first-named means for simultaneously looking the same.

4. The combination with the vise-body and the jaws thereof, of supporting means for the said jaws, said supporting means projecting into the vise-body, one of said jaws being pivotally mounted on the outer end of its supporting means, and a screw mounted in the outer end of the last-named supporting means and having its inner end in screwthreaded engagement with the adjacent jaw, substantially as and for the purpose speci tied.

CHRISTIAN FRANTZ.

Witnesses:

J. M. FRANTZ, L. E. CAREY. 

